Back from Winnipeg. Two and a half weeks of family, parties, weddings, cabins, picnics, more cabins, more family. Lydia loved it. All the interesting people to play with, all the attention. She is always amazing me. I thought she would get overwhelmed by it all. But as everything so far with Lydia, she showed mamma how tough she is. That girl has a smile for everyone. She can get a smile out of even the grumpiest of campers. Just 8 months old (yup 8 months now) and already making a difference in peoples’ lives.

It was so nice to watch Lydia get to know and enjoy time with her cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Something we don’t get enough of here in Montreal. All those adoring family members meant that mommy also got a bit of a break during the day. Too bad all those great play mates for Lydia went to sleep at night, leaving me to deal with the nighttime havoc. Considering all the changes in her routine, I guess her sleeping held up pretty well. But still, this is Lydia we’re talking about – bad sleeper at the best of times. So…yes, mommy was tired. Ah, well. Such is life. Grandmaman Huguette did take the early morning shift, though. So, Steph and I got a little snooze in the mornings.

Now that we’re back, Lydia is slowly getting back on track. The last time I wrote here about Lydia’s sleeping, I was a little bit desperate at the hourly wakings. Since then, things got better. Then they got worse  and I was just too discouraged to put pen to paper about it (so to speak). But then Steph started doing some of the mid-night wakings, and after a few days, I guess Lydia decided it wasn’t worth waking up if she wasn’t gonna get mommy’s milky goodness. So before we left for Winnipeg she was only waking a couple times a night. So…here’s to hoping we’ll get back there soon. I refuse to believe last night’s 6 wakings is her new pattern (crossing my fingers here).

Lydia has this new habit though, which is making falling asleep more difficult at times. Indeed, her love affair with my breasts has reached a whole new level. While feeding and falling asleep she wants to have a firm grip on one of my breasts. That, or she pads at pokes and pinches my nipples, or she takes both hands and makes a boob sandwich – all while being half asleep, thus keeping her from letting the sandman get her. Sometimes she will be lying next to me seemingly fully asleep, all peaceful looking except her claw-like grip on my boob. But as soon as I try to creep away and unclaw her, she starts waving her hand frantically looking for my breast. Funny, but annoying. Hopefully it will be short lived, as were several of her other weird sleep habits, such as her midnight full leg crashes against the mattress at 4 months, her scratching at everything with her nails at 5 months, the incessant pulling out of her soother and then crying for it at 6 months. She provides endless entertainment that one.

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